Oleksandr Usyk Vs. Derek Chisora

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This Saturday

Card: 6:00 P.M. EST/3:00 P.M. PDT for main event

• Oleksandr Usyk Vs. Derek Chisora

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• Tommy McCarthy Vs. Bilal Laggoune – for vacant EBU European Cruiser Title

• Savannah Marshall Vs. Hannah Rankin – for vacant WBO Middleweight Title

• Amy Timlin Vs. Carly Skelly – for vacant Commonwealth Super Bantamweight Title

• David Allen Vs. Christopher Lovejoy (Cancelled)

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Card: 7:30 P.M. EST/5:30 P.M. PDT

• Naoya Inoue (c) -900 vs. Jason Moloney +600, IBF/WBA bantamweight titles

• Ewa Brodnicka (c) vs. Mikaela Mayer, WBO junior lightweight title

• Julian Rodriguez vs. Jose Eduardo Lopez Rodriguez, junior welterweights

Moloney may be mixed like some Australians but I'm not sure, very big bout for a fighter of his status.

 

[Booth]

I hope Usyk can jab and dance for 10 rounds. Chisora is a heavy puncher when he can connect. Also, the Dave Allen fight has been called.

 

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Starting now.

 

[The Hock]

I think Usyk can handle the guy.

Probably won't be a great fight though.

 

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Haye swearing like a sailor .

 

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Valiant preformance from a game Chisora but Usyk is just better. Chisora was was like bull the first three rounds using his size advantage with a very aggressive pace and could maintain the pace relatively well but Usyk just avoided most of the damage, made it a tough fight though,
Usyk has a chin.

I would even say he did more damage to Chisora, as Chisora was rocked and it looked finish was in at one point in the end of a round.

Usyk gets a UD.

 

[white lightning]

Usyk for the win. It wasn't pretty but he did what he had to do and won on all three score cards! Let's hope that he can add a little more strength as he takes on more of these bigger guys. Usyks defense and movement is amazing.

 

[Westside]

Usyk is a modern-day Billy Conn. He can win against heavyweights. He has to be able to box for 10 rounds and avoid power shots from real heavyweights. If he is able to do this he has a future in the elite Heavyweight Class. Kudos to his future. He has not demonstrated the power to stop heavyweights.

 

[Booth]

Great call Westside on the Billy Conn comparison. I think he has the boxing skills to make some noise in the division and takes a pretty good shot too.

 

[Bucky]

Glad to see Usyk doing well at Heavyweight despite as other have mentioned, being undersized and not the biggest puncher. That's okay though, love seeing Heavyweights that can move around and box. Seems like he's got his game plan down!

 

[The Hock]

Great call Westside on the Billy Conn comparison. I think he has the boxing skills to make some noise in the division and takes a pretty good shot too.

Yeah I think Usyk would present problems to either Wilder or Joshua.

Usyk-Fury would be an interesting match-up. Both are real characters and the bout itself would be a bloody good boxing match mate.

 

[Westside]

Great call Westside on the Billy Conn comparison. I think he has the boxing skills to make some noise in the division and takes a pretty good shot too.

Thanks. Just remember the first Conn v Louis fight. He had the fight won, but rolled the dice and believed he could KO Louis in the closing rounds. Bad move. Usyk, looks to have the skills, stamina, and smarts not to make that mistake. We shall see.

 

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People were discounting Usyk's chances against Chisora due to his Witherspoon performance, Chisora being a far superior opponent, but he rose to the opportunity, although this fight isn't an ideal omen (not a dominant win) for fighting AJ/Fury he may just rise to the opportunity again especially considering his layoff. I do think if he goes on the inside like Fury he could bust up Wilder.

 

[white is right]

People were discounting Usyk's chances against Chisora due to his Witherspoon performance, Chisora being a far superior opponent, but he rose to the opportunity, although this fight isn't an ideal omen (not a dominant win) for fighting AJ/Fury he may just rise to the opportunity again especially considering his layoff. I do think if he goes on the inside like Fury he could bust up Wilder.

He easily befuddles Wilder if Wilder can't connect on a home run shot. The other two champions are much more dangerous and a harder win for Usyk as both have better skills than the crude Wilder.

I wish he could have put his foot on the pedal in the 8th round and seen if he could have ko'd Chisora as Chisora was ready to go at the bell in the 7th when he sagged into the ropes around the sound of the bell.

My major complaint about the fight was the too tight scoring of 115-113 by two judges. The fight looked like a clear 9 to 3 or 8 to 4 rounds win for Usyk. If the fight was as close as those two guys saw it then Chisora would have gotten a draw or a narrow victory by their logic.

PS, Chisora reminded me of Bald Bull from Punchout, similar build and look and fighting style....